Helen Keller Quotes

“The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.”

“It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.”

“When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.”

“There is no blindness more insidious, more fatal that this race for profit.”

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

“Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach”

“I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.”

“The continued lynchings and other crimes against negroes, whether in New England or the South, and unspeakable political exponents of white supremacy, according to all recorded history, augur ill for America's future.”

“For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.”

“What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling notes, or to clamber over a stone wall into green fields that tumble and roll and climb in riotous gladness!”

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.”

“There will never be another now -I'll make the most of today.There will never be another me -I'll make the most of myself.”

“There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.”

“All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts are stubborn, and refusal to accept them does not avoid their inexorable effects-the tragic consequences are now upon us”

“Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.”

“When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me, much, very much has been given. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart I shall say that life is good.”

“Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again.”

“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”

“I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness.”

“You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.”

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.”

“The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no vision.”

“I have made my limitations tools of learning and true joy.”

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

“Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities.”